March 2016 eNewsletter
From: Honey Creek [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 9:06 PM
To: Honey Creek <[email protected]>
Subject: Neighborhood HOA Newsletter – March 2016
This e-newsletter is intended for the homeowners and residents of the Honey Creek Ridge neighborhood in north Renton. If you would like to be taken off this e-mail list or would like to change or add an e-mail address for this e-newsletter, please reply and let us know. Thank you!
- March 2016
- Honey Creek Ridge HOA E-Newsletter
Greetings from the Honey Creek Ridge Homeowners Association Board!
The Honey Creek Ridge HOA Board is made up of volunteers – your neighbors who also live in Honey Creek. Like you, we want to keep our neighborhood running smoothly, safe from crime, and looking good in order to maintain a high quality of life and preserve the value of our homes. We hope this newsletter will provide you with valuable information and resources.
HOA Annual Dues
This year annual dues are $475 per household, which equates to less than $40 per month. The dues and 2016 budget were approved at the HOA annual meeting last November that all homeowners were invited to attend (the proposed budget was mailed to each homeowner last October).
Payments are due by April 1st. After that date, a $75 late fee will be assessed.
Each homeowner should have received an invoice in the mail the end of January, along with the HOA newsletter. If you did not receive your dues invoice, please contact HOA Treasurer, Ann Green, at [email protected]. Homeowners’ dues cover: landscaping fees and water for irrigation of common areas, electricity and street lights, repairs, and other HOA expenses. The HOA board is run by volunteers – your neighbors who work hard to keep dues reasonable. If we didn’t have a volunteer board, each homeowner would pay at least double or triple our current dues to hire an HOA management company. Thank you for your timely payment to keep our neighborhood running smoothly.
Keep Honey Creek Beautiful!
Like you, we want to keep our neighborhood running smoothly and looking good in order to maintain a high quality of life and preserve the value of our homes. In order to maintain consistency and high quality esthetics of the homes in our neighborhood, HOA approval is required prior to building fences, decks, patios. sheds, painting exteriors of houses, etc. You can download the Property Improvement Request Form here: http://honeycreekridge.blogspot.com/p/architectural-committee.html . Feel free to contact Rudy, head of the architectural committee at [email protected].
Proposition 1: Renton Regional Fire Authority (RFA)
On April 26, 2016, Renton and Fire District 25 voters will be asked to approve or reject the creation of a Renton Regional Fire Authority (RFA) and the associated funding for the proposed RFA. The proposed plan calls for the following service improvements for the growing greater Renton area:·
- Increased number of firefighters and EMTs to respond to fire and medical emergencies
- A new fire station will be built in the north end of Renton (Kennydale are next to I-405) in 2107
- Staffing of the new fire station will improve response times for fire and medical emergencies
- Restored fire inspector positions that were previously eliminated
- Increased staffing for public education programs.
The RFA would cost homeowners an additional $1 per $1,000 of assessed value. For example, a 2,180 square foot home with a $291,000 assessed value would pay approximately $10 more per month than they currently pay for fire and emergency medical services. For more information visit: http://rentonrfa.org/ or attend one of the following information sessions:
| 7:00pm | March 16th | Renton Fire Station #13 | 18002 108th Ave SE | Renton WA 98058 |
| 7:00pm | March 22nd | Renton Senior Center | 211 Burnett Ave N | Renton WA 98057 |
Stay Connected
- The Honey Creek HOA Website is: www.honeycreekridge.blogspot.com. Here you’ll find the CC&R’s and by-laws governing our HOA, as well as board contact information, newsletters and pictures of activities in the neighborhood.
- The Honey Creek HOA Facebook page is: https://www.facebook.com/honey.creek.39 (you do not need a FB account to view this page)
Sincerely,
- Your HOA Board:
- Khwaja Ali – President
- Eddie Chang – Vice President
- Ann Green – Treasurer
- Mary Burton – Secretary
- Mike Minato – Landscape Committee
- Rudy Case – Architectural Committee
- Kathryn Mattila – Community Involvement
From: Honey Creek [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2016 10:03 AM
To: Honey Creek <[email protected]>
Subject: Keeping our neighborhood green and clean
Plastics and pollutants in Honey Creek Neighborhood & Beyond
(thanks to Ellen Tennis, a Honey Creek homeowner, for submitting this information)
Plastics are extremely useful products, but because we use them so much, we are severely damaging our environment. Many plastics are now designed to break down. The impression that consumers are given is that these plastics biodegrade and we imagine that to mean that they become something that can integrate into dirt. They don’t. The plastic stays as micro bits of plastic that flow into our waters and are eaten by fish and smaller organisms. The chemicals screw up their biological processes and move up the food chain doing the same all the way to us. We can all do more to protect our environment and ourselves from the harmful effects of plastics and polluted water that run into our storm drains.
One thing we can do is help keep the water running into our storm drains as clean as possible. It goes UNTREATED into our wetlands, reservoirs, and larger bodies of water. The City of Renton has some advice such as “wash vehicles on grass or gravel areas to prevent wash water from running into storm drains.” More tips are here: https://rentonwa.gov/living/default.aspx?id=1638
In addition, some homeowners who don’t want their newspapers/Renton Reporters simply leave them in their driveways until they break down and the residue flows into our storm drains. Please remove the plastic bags from your driveways so they can be contained in the landfills. BETTER YET, if you don’t want the Renton Reporter, unsubscribe at: http://www.rentonreporter.com/contact_us/?contact=deliveryIssues. Use the form for “delivery issues” and in the comments tell them that you would like to unsubscribe. You can also call 425-255-3484 to unsubscribe.
More Information:National Geographic article Plastic Breaks Down in Ocean, After All – and Fast. – http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090820-plastic-decomposes-oceans-seas.html.
Watch the movie Bag It http://bagitmovie.com/. About the challenges we face in cleaning up after our use of plastics.
Become a King County Master Recycler Composter (MRC)
Did you know that Americans waste about 25 percent of all food and drinks we buy? Food waste is a growing problem in the U.S., costing families an average of $130 every month. In landfills across the country, wasted food contributes to climate change, generating nearly one quarter of methane emissions in the U.S., a potent greenhouse gas.
You can make a difference by learning how to prevent food waste at home. King County is offering a FREE training, provided by Seattle Tilth staff, about food waste prevention and curbside composting. In exchange for the training, program graduates volunteer to teach others in their communities.
The MRC training includes three Saturday sessions starting on March 26 at the Kent Senior Activity Center (600 E Smith St, Kent).
After the training, volunteers put their training to work, helping friends, neighbors and community members prevent and reduce food waste. Outreach takes places at a variety of community events and locations, mostly in South King County.
Find out more and apply today. The deadline for applications is March 23.
The Master Recycler Composter program is a King County program managed by Seattle Tilth.
Thank you for making a difference and doing the little things that can help keep our neighborhood (and beyond) green and clean!
Honey Creek Ridge HOA
